Rock ‘n’ roll exploded out of Memphis in the 1950s, but the East Texas town of Marshall helped build its launchpad decades ...

MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - It’s commonly accepted that the roots of rock and roll go back about 170 years to the beginnings of boogie woogie music. And that music began in East Texas along the railroad.

The hardest working Bums you’ll ever see? Every time they hit the stage, Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums deliver energetic, exhilarating jump-blues, boogie, vintage jazz and swing. The rousing pianist ...

MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - The music which started Rock and Roll began right here in East Texas about 150 years ago. And at the Texas and Pacific Railway Museum at the Marshall train depot, you can ...

The Ezra Charles Band was playing tighter than ever in its decades-spanning history when its leader decided to pull the plug. Charles - a remarkable pianist from Beaumont - received a lifetime ...

We listen to it. We dance to it. We love it. But we don’t know much about it. Boogie Woogie is a musical genre that has influenced the Blues, Jazz, Swing and Rock & Roll. Basically an African-American ...

Boogie-woogie is a kind of blues piano playing in which the left hand drones a set bass phrase over & over, while the right hand goes to town with whatever variations the player can think up. Its form ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Boogie woogie is a style of music that gained popularity in the 1920s and tends to attract an older crowd. An 18-year-old Tri-State high school student is trying to change that. It ...

Craig Brenner put his grant money to use and is looking for music students to join his project. Thanks to his Indiana Arts Commission grant, Brenner has composed an album “Passages” and is ...

Rock 'n' roll didn't just appear out of thin air, rather, it appeared out of the inspiration brought on by these three staples from the 40s.